Printer s type-case



N0. 6|3,9l9. Patented Nov. 8, I898. W. N. CLAPP.

PBINTERS TYPE CASE.

(A iplication filed Nov. 18, 1897.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES- PATENT @FFICE.

WILLIAM N. OLAPP, OF JERSEY CITY; NEW JERSEY.

PRINTERS TYPE-CASE.

srecmnmn forming art of Letters Patent No. 613,919, dated November 8,1898 Application filed November 18, 1897. Serial No- 658,88:2. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. OLAPP, a

citizen of the United States, residing at'Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New'Jersey, have invented certain 'new.

and useful Improvements in Printers Type- Gases, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of printers type-case of thatclass in which the present upper and lower case characters comprising afont are arranged in one case and within convenient reach of thecompositor or distributor.

The object is also to so construct the case that when in use objectsplaced upon it will not slide down to the front of the case, but will beretained where placed or permitted to slide but a short distance..

The invention consists of a printers typecase having the usual base andmain frame and divided transversely into two main sec-' tions, a largerone for the lower and a smaller one for the upper case letters, each ofsaid sections being still further divided, so as to form type-boxes, andsaid type-boxes being grouped in each section according to the frequencyof use of the respective letters.

The invention consists, further, of a typecase divided transversely intotwo main sections, respectively for the lower and upper case letters,said type-case having the usual rest or raised ledge at the front of thecase and one or more additional longitudinal ledges made of greaterheight than the adjacent portions of the case, as will be more fullydescribed hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' represents a perspective view ofmyimproved printer's type-case. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectionon the line 22 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bottom or base of thetype-case, to the outer edges of which is attached the main frame B. Atransverse cleat or partition 0, extending from the front to the rearof, the case Within the frame, is arranged toward the right-hand thesection E. These main sections are still further divided by intersectingtransverse and longitudinal partitions into type-boxes d and e, as shownin detail in Figs. 2 and 3. The type-boxes contained in the section Dare made of greater capacity than the type-boxes contained in section E,the former being designed to receive the small and the latter thecapital letters. In additionto the compartments for letters in thesmall-letter section D there are arranged in that section other typeboxes or compartments, as shown in Fig. 1, for the principalpunctuation-marks, the frequently-used logotypes, the small-letterdiphthongs, and the spaces and quads, while the section E is provided,in addition to those containing the capital letters,with type-boxesdesigned to accommodate the figures, capitalletter diphthongs, certainof the punctuationmarks, and the remaining characters comprising a'common font of type and not contained in the small-letter section D, asalso shown in Fig. 1.

It is an essential feature of my invention that in the arrangement ofthe type-boxes in each'of the sections D and E the same fundamental ideashall be employed-namely, the grouping of the type-boxes in each mainsection according to frequencyof use. The same general grouping of thetype-boxes is carried out in both main sections, so that havingbecomefamiliar with the grouping in one main section the grouping of thetypeboxes in the other main section,'being practically the same, offersno difficulty to the compositor. This original plan, however, may bedeparted from slightly in either of the sections D and E if necessary toobtain in a given case a shape of type-box more convenient from which totake type. Such a modification is shown in the section E, Fig. 1, inwhich the grouping of thetype-boxes for the capitals D, Y, H, P, I, Sand F G in said section diifers slightly from the grouping of thetype-boxes carried out for the corresponding letters in the section D.By this employment of the same fundamental arrangement in each of thesections composition and distribution of the type is greatlyfacilitated.

As the letter e is most frequently used,the type-box for this letter isplaced at a central point, while the remaining letters and charactersare grouped around the same according to their frequency of use. By theemployment of this system in the arrangement of the type-boxes in themain sections of my improved type-case a case is produced whichexperience has proven requires less time and effort of the compositor insetting as Well as in distributing type than any other case now in use.

A further feature and one which adds greatly to the advantages of myimproved type-case is the construction of certain ledges or rests in thetwo main sections. In ordinary type-cases the only means by whicharticles placed upon the case are prevented from sliding ofi and fallingis a raised ledge upon the front piece of the frame of the case. Thisledge is shown in Fig. 1. It is frequently desirable, however, to retainthe galley or other object at a position further up the case than atthis one point. I therefore construct certain of the longitudinaltype-box partitions in each section of greater height than the adjacentpartitions of the type-case, as shown at d and e in the figures. By thismeans articles placed upon the case above the ledges are retained whereplaced or permitted to slide but a short distance until coming incontact with the raised partition, while the front or lower portions ofthe case are left unobstructed. They can never slide down and drop overthe ledge at the front of the case to the ground, which forms soannoying a feature of the ordinary type-case in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A printers type case, consisting of a frame dividedby a transverse cleat or partition into two main sections, a larger onefor the small and a smaller one for the capital letters, each sectioncontaining boxes or compartments respectively for the small and capitalletters, grouped in both sections in the same, or approximately thesame, relative position to each other, substantially as set forth.

2. A printers type-case, consisting of a frame divided by a transversecleat or partition into a larger and a smaller section, containingtype-boxes respectively for the lower and upper case letters, and havingthe usual raised ledge at its front end, and provided with one or moreadditional raised longitudinal ledges or partitions made equal in heightwith the frame above the front ledge, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM N. CLAPP.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, GEO. W. JAEKEL.

